Local Sports

Nothing less than the best will do for the New Westminster Salmonbellies. The senior A 'Bellies played what was arguably their best game of the Western Lacrosse Association season, downing the Victoria Shamrocks 13-12 at Queen's Park last Thursday.

The Hastings Community major all-star baseball team qualified for the Little League provincial championships following a 12-2 win over South Vancouver at the District 6 championships hosted by New Westminster at Justin Morneau Field last weekend.

The Royal City track club won the B.C. Athletics junior development provincial championships in Nanaimo last weekend.

New Westminster All-Stars won their first-ever District 6 Little League baseball title last weekend. The provincial title was the first for the Royal City nine-and 10-year-olds since New West joined the Little League organization in 2003.

New Westminster's Mihailo Stefanovic qualified for the semifinals at the World youth track and field championships in Russia with a B.C. record in the 110-metre hurdles.

Here's the pitch

In a close race finish for first place, winning a season series should have its rewards. But for the New Westminster Salmonbellies that prize will have to wait. The junior A Salmonbellies pulled off the minor upset, besting the No.

The Burnaby Selects won two A Cups and were runner-up in a third at the B.C. Soccer Provincial championships in Langley last Sunday.